Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Countingup Lands $750K For Entrepreneur Banking, Accounting Tool
Countingup Lands $750K For Entrepreneur Banking, Accounting Tool
October 25, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Countingup, a FinTech that aims to combine and streamline corporate banking and accounting for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), secured fresh funding this week, according...

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Samsung And Ant Financial Eye AI With $40M Investment
Samsung And Ant Financial Eye AI With $40M Investment
October 25, 2017  |  Investments

Ant Financial, the financial arm of China’s Alibaba, and Samsung Group, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, led a $40 million fundraising round for DeePhi...

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Cybersecurity Startups Land Majority Of B2B Venture Capital This Week
Cybersecurity Startups Land Majority Of B2B Venture Capital This Week
October 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

With more than $172 million raised in total, it was a healthy week for B2B startups, though one clear winner emerged: cybersecurity, which landed nearly...

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Bespoke Post Brings Subscription Boxes To The ‘Modern Man’
Bespoke Post Brings Subscription Boxes To The ‘Modern Man’
October 19, 2017  |  Retail

Bespoke Post, a monthly subscription delivery service, has raised $8 million in venture funding, according to news from TechCrunch. Most recently, the company received $6 million...

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Cybersecurity Gets Another Unicorn With Duo’s $70 Million Raise
Cybersecurity Gets Another Unicorn With Duo’s $70 Million Raise
October 19, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Cybersecurity software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Duo Security landed $70 million in fresh venture capital funding, according to news from TechCrunch this week, making the firm the latest...

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Feedzai Lands $50M To Expand AI Fraud Prevention Business
Feedzai Lands $50M To Expand AI Fraud Prevention Business
October 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Feedzai, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based fraud prevention company focused on helping enterprises manage risk and fight fraud in real time, announced Tuesday (Oct. 17) it...

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Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
October 17, 2017  |  Investments

The valuations that have come out of Silicon Valley in the last few decades have been nothing if not eye-catching: $62.5 billion for Uber, $31...

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Flexport Raises $110 Million With Plans for Trade Finance
Flexport Raises $110 Million With Plans for Trade Finance
October 12, 2017  |  B2B Payments

It’s been a big week for B2B startups on the venture capital front, with freight forwarding company Flexport emerging as the latest winner in the space....

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Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Faces A Down Round
Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Faces A Down Round
October 06, 2017  |  Retail

Looks like Jessica Alba’s co-founded Honest Company might be in a bit of honest trouble. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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